Взаимные местоимения Reciprocal Pronouns

Tom and Ann looked at each other.

They often meet one another in the cafe.

Том и Энн смотрели друг на друга.

Они часто встречают друг другав кафе.

Exercise 6.

State which of the pronouns in bold type are reciprocal. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.

They looked at one another in surprise.

2.

We couldn’t hear each other’s words for the wind.

3.

He smoked one cigarette after another.

4.

Although they lived in the same street they rarely saw each other.

5.

The new-comer shook hands with the host and nodded to every other in the room.

6.

They have known each other for ten years.

Exercise 7.

Use the correct reciprocal pronoun: each other or one another.

1.

Tod and Mary looked at ____ and burst into laughter.

2.

You feel very relaxed among these people. How long have you known ____?

3.

The two cars have just crashed into ____.

4.

Many big cities in this country participate with ____.

5.

Sisters will never play peacefully together. They always claim for ____‘s things.

6.

The delegates at the conference speak different languages and don’t understand ____.

7.

Let’s help ____.

Единственное число

Множественное число

this

этот, эта, это

these

эти

that

тот, та, то

those

те

We shall stay here, at this place.

Мы остановимся здесь, на этомместе.

Give me those books.

Дай мне текниги.

The story of the telephone is similar to that of the telegraph.

История развития телефона схожа с историей развития телеграфа.

He bought some exercise books and put these on the shelf.

Он купил несколько учебников и положил ихна полку.

Exercise 8.

Choose this or these.

Model:

This is your briefcase.

These are your books.

1.

____ questions are hard.

2.

____ seem very hard.

3.

____ seems very easy.

4.

____ lesson is simple.

5.

____ words are new.

6.

____ goes on ____ lines.

Exercise 9.

Choose that or those.

Model:

Is that man here now?

Are those students ready?

1.

Are ____ your gloves?

2.

Does ____ seem difficult?

3.

Do ____ men speak English?

4.

Is ____ lesson very easy?

5.

Do ____ feel comfortable?

6.

Do ____ belong on ____ desk?

7.

Does ____ go in ____ drawers?

Exercise 10.

Choose sentences where that, those substitute nouns.

1.

Natural rubber is of higher quality than that produced artificially.

2.

These factors taken together ensure high production efficiency.

3.

The pictures painted by Rembrant and those painted by Rubens have very little in common.

4.

Those are the lorries carrying our brothers to the mines.

5.

There are no richer art museums in this country than these of St Petersburg.

6.

The electric power output in our country cannot compare to that of pre-revolutionary Russia.

7.

Consumption of bread and potatoes is decreasing steadily while that of sugar is increasing despite doctors’ recommendations

8.

The new technologies that are being developed must be connected with traditional ones.

9.

These devices are more reliable than those designed in our laboratory.

10.

An important matter is that of raising the effectiveness of external economic relations

11.

For the last generation, Silicon Valley and Tokyo have been working to design computers that are ever easier to use.

12.

These control systems are more efficient than those described in that journal.

13.

A work generated by a computer may resemble that of a certain artist in both style and form.

14.

The simplest materials are those which have only one kind of atoms.

15

The robots became so intelligent that they revolted.

Exercise 11.

Substitute that or those for the repeated nouns.

1.

The pictures painted by Rembrandt and the pictures painted by Rubens have very little in common.

2.

The language in plays is usually easier and simpler than the language in novels.

3.

The music of Queen of Spades is more dramatic than the music of Eugene Onegin.

4.

The stories written by O. Henry are as full of life as the stories written by Mark Twain.

5.

Natural rubber is of higher quality than rubber produced artificially.